TODAY’S FACT: The Chillicothe Baking Co. of Chillicothe, Mo., introduced the first packaged sliced bread on this day in 1928.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1985, 17-year-old German tennis player Boris Becker became the youngest men’s singles title winner in history at Wimbledon.

TODAY’S QUOTE: "You can’t be a full participant in our democracy if you don’t know our history." — David McCullough

TODAY’S NUMBER: 59 — age at which Satchel Paige pitched in his last Major League Baseball game, for the Kansas City Athletics, on Sept. 25, 1965. In his honor, owner Charles O. Finley furnished the bullpen with a rocking chair.

TODAY’S MOON: Between first quarter moon (July 5) and full moon (July 12).